Perachora: Bronze Gorgon
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 02/1/5142.C6817 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Small print photograph pasted onto an index card, originally part of the SPHS image library catalogue. |
| Dimensions | 16.5 x 11 cm (index card) |
| Place |
Heraeum of Perachora |
| Dates | 1936 |
| Donor/Creator |
The British School at Athens |
| Project | Perachora Excavation 1930-1939 |
| Scope and Content | Part of the collection of images from the 1936 Exhibition of Minoan Civilization and the first 50 years work of the BSA at Burlington House, London. The object is from the 1930-39 excavations of the British School at Athens at Perachora, Corinthia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Bronze Gorgon from Perachora". |
| Notes | The date 1936 is listed in the description of the image. Caption on the index card reads: "Bronze Gorgon from Perachora". The negative contains a typewritten caption. This object has been reproduced for the exhibition with the addition of a caption on the negative from C 5169 (see related record). |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/6808.C6817], Perachora: Bronze Gorgon, 1936
[BSA SPHS 01/6379.C5169], Perachora: Bronze figure of a flying Gorgon, 6th century B.C., 1930-1932 |
| Reference |
1936 Exhibition Catalogue. 64.No 255. Payne, H.G. 1940. Perachora vol. I. 1: pl. 34.1. |